The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-10
DISGRACEFUL SCENE
AT THE WARRINGTON BANQUET
Given to tho Medical Congress-Gro,s Exhi.
billion Of Ill Dreedips on tho Part OF
Some Citizens who Attended-Inter.
esting Proceedings Yesterday,

WARRINGTON, D. O., Sept. o.-The dec
tors are not altogether satisfied with thei
visit. The trouble Is that tho whole alIsl
has been managed in an execrable muu
ner. Crowds Of hungry clsrks and board
ing house keepeIg, together with consid
cradle sprinkllng OF tho dorl monde, wert
wedged In everywhere a. the graud 70.
cep.ion on Wednesday evening. The
guests were crowded into tho hsllwayt
because Of tho rugh Of outGido!o. At the
Preaidents reception on Tuesday many
OF the doctors and their families Wera un.
able to see tho President and Mrs. Oleye.
land. Tho reaaon was that moro C.tizsns
OF Washington were in the lins. But last
night capped tho climax. 4 "butFst ban.
quet" was given ut the Pension building.
Preparations were made for tho comfort.
able accommodation Of about fye hun.
dred people. There WAS nearly five thou.
sand pseaent. In consequence 1t was apt.
ly described ss q "hos Drove" To the
credit OF the dcc.org, 1t must ba said they
conducted themselves admirably under
the trying circumstances, bus there were
hundreds oil people present who have no
connection whatever with the profession,
except to accept treatment aud to forget
to pay tho fees. These paople seizsd bot
Ties Of champagne, grabbed cakes from
the tables and appropriated the GoYal
decorations by wholesale. Thoy broks
glass and croctery, and created q acene
which has not been witnessed sirco the
celebrated raid on the .Ohinrsp legation
last winter. Washington has q very un.
envlable reputation for events Of this
character.
INTERESTING TALK ON lNsANiFr.
Most Of the sections OF tho Conereas
had their final meetingto.day. OF all the
eections that on dental and oral surgory
has probably attracted tho most people.
Two large rooms were fitted up with tho
latest appliances in the dental art, and
esch morning clinics vere held ut which
dentiGtry was cxsmpliied by trco opera.
ticn performed by leading t'en,:ste in this
country md Europe. DR.. PAyy, tho cele.
hrated London physician, reEd \ paper on
diabetis before tho aec.ion on general
medicine.
DR.. W. ". Gooding, Superintendent OF
st. Elizabeth'a Hospital for the Inaane. in O
paper on insanity ss a Defe1se for Crime,
resd bslore the physiological section, said
that inesnlty Is the meutai manifestations
OF bodily dissase and not a question OF
the knowledge Of right end wrong. Tho
position OF the courts today or thls eues.
ton, tho doctor ssid, wao most fairly rep.
resented by tho ruling OF Judge Cox in
the Guiseau cass-!hst jury must decide
whether the eccueed ct the time Of COM
mitting the act knew the difference be.
tween right and wrong in respcc. OF the
acts. Tbs trouble was tbs. judges have
made only metaphysical a.udy OF In.
sanity. They should spend few weeks
in hospital and make tho &C.
qus:Hsanca OF few crazy paopls
and they would not then be guilty OF the
ebsurdity OF expecting an insane peraon
to act reasonably in regard to bis deln.
eions. He predicted that the New Hsmp.
shire rulings SO TO iraanisy, which Judge
Cox rejected ca Judicial toresy, wonld oao
day prevail. These rulings were thas all
questions Of insanity we're facts for the
jury to determine md NOT yul;nga Tor the
court. He further predicted the abolition
OF tho knowledge OF the right and wrong
test as applied 10 insanity, and that law
and medicine would un;te on this test
question as a fact for the jury 10 decide,
viz, did the crime result from tho insanity
Of tbs defendant?
A reception WAS rendered to the C3a-
grese this afternoon by Secretary Whitney
8. bis country residence.